Line setting and casting machine for producing mixed copy.



H. DEGENER. LINE SETTING AND CASTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING MIXED COPY. APPLICATION mum NOV.15, 1909.

1,070,947, Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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HEINRICH DEGEIZER. OE BERLIN, GERMANY. ASSIGNOR TC- MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COM-RA'NY. A CORPORATION OF NEXV YORK.

LINE SETTING AND CASTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING MIXED COPY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1912').

Application filed November 15, 1909. Serial No. 528,096.

able bars are arrangedat difie-rent levels in the collector for collecting the matrices, there are disadvantages due to the fact that it is yery difiicult to determine the exact moment at which the bar is to be withdrawn.

In setting mixed copy the conipositorsgenerally catch'the matrlces in the top position and then to turn .or tip into the lower .position those matrices which were to be set in the ordinary tvpe.

. It isp ssible to overcome the difficulties met with in collecting the whole line in the upper position, by dlviding1 the assembling elevator device and lifting t e front portion,

. after collecting, so that the matrices previouslycollected in the lower position, should be brought into the upper position. This however, led to the further disadvantage that the space wedges were caught only with one eye or lug and consequentlyassumed an eblique position. I

The disadvantage in question is obviated by the present invention.

A construction according to this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1. is a front elevation, partly in section; Fig. 2 a crosssection through the device in the position in which the collection is eflected, and Fig. 3 shows. the same in the position in which the matrices are. tipped or turned.

The assembling elevator device a is generally of the known construction. It is providcd on the back with a fixed ledge d and on the front is arranged inthe known manerated by a knob i on the front of the assembling elevator. The lodge is arranged so that in the lower position of the slide g it is situated in' a horizontal plane with the ledge (I, while in the upper position of the slide g, the ledge c of the same is higher to the extent of the distance of the characters arranged on the matrices.

The composing is effected in any desired manner whether italics or ordinary type is to be set, always in the lower position of the slide 9, so that the matrices are collected in their lower position. The spaces 12 are-collected as usual and come to rest with both their eyes or lugs on the one hand-against the back wall r o-fthe assembling elevator, and on the other hand against the upper edge s of the bracket f.

If thelme 15 to be cast in ordinary type, it is sent to the casting point inithe usual manner after the collecting has beenefi'ected in the manner described. If, however, it is to contain italics, the whole line is first brought intothe upper position by turning the eccentric h, 'after thecollecting has been previously efi'ected as described. The matrices are then'standing' on the ledge e only. For the purpose of bringing the matrices, which are to be cast in ordinary type in the lower position, the bracket f is. then tipped to the position shown in Fig. 3 and those matrices which are to be cast in ordinary type are tipped forward by hand as illustrated in Fig. 3, so that their lugsfl resting on the ledge c, lose their support and the matrices fall downward. If the matrices are then straightened again, either drawing the matrices turned into the lower position rest on the two ledges d and 0'.

However the ledges 0' can be dispensed with.

After the transfer of the line from assembling elevator to an adjacent'delivery channel, the slideg is always brought back into the lower position by turning the e6 centric. If the composed line is to be cast entirely in italics, the slide 9 is brought, after the setting or composing, into the upper position, and the line sent off in that position.

tipped from: the raised movable ledge in In order to fix the lower position of the slide g there are provided stop pins k arranged on the top side of the elevator front part (Fig. l) which limit the movement downward. The upper position is fixed by the stop m arranged at the bottom of the slide 57 (Figs. 2 and 3) which comes to rest against the edge n of theassembling elevafor'the purpose of raising. 2jthe whole set matrix line and to enable the matrices to be tipped into a lower position and a second immovable -ledge for supportingthe matrices tipped from the raised movable ledge .in

* their lower position.

T1 In a-linotype machine a device forjproucing mixed matter-containingin combi- 'fn'at-ion a ledge on which the matrices are ledge,-i f raised, holding; th position, :in [which the lower icharacter -i's cast, nd if lowered being in 'o'ne' plane with [the said immovable ledgeif collected, said ledge. being vertically movable for 'thepn'rpose' of raisinlgfthe whole setamatrix line and; to'-enable'the matrices to' be itip'ped iinto a lower positionfand a second immovable ledgefor supporting the matrices tipped from; the raised 7 movable .ledge' ill-their lower p sit on; i .mev 'Qmatrices in the 3. In a linot'yp machine deviceifoixproducing matter containing incombination a-l'edge, on which the matrices are col.- 7 lected,-sai d'ledge being vertically movable for the purpose of raising the whole set .matrix line and toenable the matrices-to be tipped into .a; lower position, a second im movable ledge for-supporting the matrices their lower osition, and parts catching the spacers on. oth'their lugs, whatever the position'of the collecting ledge. i

4. In a linotype machine a device for producing mixed matter containing in combmation a ledge, on which the: matrices; are collegted sa'id ledge vertically-movable for the purpose .of "raising the whole set matrix line and to enablethe matrices to be tipped into a lower position, a second immovable ledge for supporting the matrices tipped from the raised movable ledge in their lower position, parts catching. the spacers, on bot-h their lugs, whatever the position of the collecting led e --andmeaus for moving the collecting l ge independently of the spacer-catching parts.

Coplei ot thls patent may he obtained or five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatcntsp 5. In a linotype machine, the assembler wherein the line is composed and provided .with a relatively vertically adjustable supporting ledge wherebythe line of matrices may be composed at one operative level and thereafter shifted as a whole to a different operative level therein.

6. In a linotype machine, theassembler provided with a plurality of means to support the composed line of matrices at different relative operative levels; the said means being relatively adjustablim-jsn as to act eonj'oi-ntly also in supporting the composed line at the same level.

- 7. Ina linotype machine, the assembler provided in oneof its side walls with a matrix supporting ledge and in its opposite side wall with a second matrix supporting ledge, the said ledges beingmovable into and out of registry 11th, each other, so as to act conjcint-ly in supporting the matrices at the same level or independently in supporting the matrices at different relative levels.

8. In a linotype -machine, the assembler elevator: provided in one of its walls with two matrix supporting ledges and in its op posite wall with a single matrix supporting ledge, the parts being relatively movable to either one of the other two. 3 1 l 9. In a linotype' machine, the assembler wherein the line is composed and provided with a supporting ledge adjustable to. different vertical positionsfwithin the assem- Tjbler so as to support the'composed line of ,matriccs atdiiferent operative levels therein, and provided further with independently mounted'spacer supporting. means;

tively to the spacers.

whereby the matrices may be adjusted relawith a supporting ledgeadjustable to dif-' ferent vertical positions'within the assembler so as to support the composed line of matrices at" difi'erent operative levels there in, and provided fur-therwith an independently mounted swinging bracket. to support thespaccrs; whereby 'the matrices may be adjustedrelatively to ,the spacers- 1 bring the single ledge into registry, with 10. Ina; linotype machine, the assembler wherein the-line is composed and provided 11. In liiiot-y'pe machine, the assembler wherein line-is' composed and provided with a: device-to support the entire line of matrices at V a common level, the said supporting device being adj ustable vertically in relation .to the assembler so as to support the line in 'difi'eren't operative positions therein. In witness whereof I have hereunto setmy hand-in presence of two witnesses. HEINRICH DEGENER. Witnesses-z \Vonnmzuxn HAUP'r, HENRY HASPER.

, Washington, D. C." n 

